Principal Doctrines, 23

Epicurus  Parallel editions

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Greek text: Usener edition

23Εἰ μαχῇ πάσαις ταῖς αἰσθήσεσιν, οὐχ ἕξεις οὐδ’ ἃς ἂν φῇς αὐτῶν διεψεῦσθαι πρὸς τί ποιούμενος τὴν ἀγωγὴν κρίνῃς.

Hicks translation

23If you fight against all your sensations you will have no standard to which to refer, and thus no means of judging even those sensations which you pronounce false.

Saint-Andre translation

23If you fight against all your perceptions, you will have nothing to refer to in judging those which you declare to be false.